The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-03-30
NEWS NOTES.
stems OF Interest Gathered from Various
Quarters.

John Sherman was feted in Nashville.
Six Nihilists were hanged in st. Peters.
burg on Monday.
Kaiser Wilhelm's birthday was celebrated
in Baltimore.
John Sherman has MADE Il speech at Bir-
mingham, Ala.
Carrot states that the Baltimore and Ohio
deal has been consummated.
Carter Harrison has been rcnominated
by the Democrats for Mayor of Chicago.
The Emperor William is the oldest in
habitant of royalty.
The President has appointed James f.
Fletcher United States district attorney for
Florida.
Senator Sherman has arrived in Florida
IN good health, and it is believed that he
brought his boom along.
Six thousand five hundred actual bales
oil cotton wee sold in Il single transaction
at Galveston, Texas.
The Indian who killed Lictcnant Mott
and wounded Frank Porter has been cap
turcd near Tuscon, Ar.
An explosion by which 20 miners were
killed occurred Wednesday in Bouilli col
ljcry at Sydney, South Wales.
The First National Bank of Aberdeen,
lllSr., HIS DCCu ulltllOI lLCu W bGSlu JUS
ness with q capital of $50, 600.
Russell Sage says that he hasn't the faint
est belief that anything in the line Of a
panic is imminent.
Consul General Walker at Paris has
bought a fine estate at Exeter, N. H., and
will soon go there to live.
a cheap edition of Lord Bcaconstield's
letters to his sister is announced by Muir
l1N thn fnINn,iS I rlN ,,,ll,ct,Au
The wife of Secretary Whitney has be
gun Il series of musicalcs not unlike those
winch were SO popular Il year ago.
n glowing report of the prosperous con-
dition of the Richmond Terminal Company
VIII soon be made to the stockholders.
Vienna papers publish articles laudatory
OF the German Empcror's character and ca
rccr.
Chattanooga is happy over the organiza-
ton OF Il $4,000, 900 land improvement
company.
The report that Vanderbilt was going to
boom Port Royal, turns out to be alto
gcthcr ~groundlcss.
The German ambassadors in Paris and
London had grand receptions in honor of
Emperor Williams birthday.
Allen G.. Thurman keeps no horses be
cause Mrs. Thurman is afraid to ride or
drive.
Speaker and Mrs. Carlisle are to go to
Europc Tor the summer after Il preliminary
visit To their Sol in Kansas.
y fire in Marion destroyed six buildings
worth $4,000. One in Grccnvillc destroyed
one worth 81, 900.
Secretary Whitney and Senators Cam.
crOn and Butler have become so intimate rs
| Ia I'M Ennu-n nc 'tl,rn Of ~ l-,nl -
Governor Foraker, while squirting at the
Blaine boom, insists that he will Support
John Sherman "in dead earnest"
Another call for 3 per cent. bonds for re.
d~cmptiOn-the 14otl-has been issued. ii
natures on May 1st, and calls for $40, 600.
900.
Determined action has been taken by tho
Federal authorities at Tampa and Key
West to prevent the landing of Cuban fiji
busters who are said to be coming.
Private Secretary Lamont says that The
President is in no danger. Ills health is
good, he has lost weight and he gets plenty
of exercise.
The Virginia Senate Committee on Rail.
roads has made a favorable report on tho
Dill to admit the Charleston, Cincinnati and
Chicago railroad into That State.
The powder factory of E. c. Anthony,
near Ncgauncc, Wis, exploded, killing j..
IL. Stanley and his son, Albert, aged Is
years. The building was blown to atoms.
Fire in New Orleans on Wednesday night
destroyed four stores on Drvadcs street,
corner of st. Andrew. Loss $40, 900. Fully
insured.
a hotel safe was cNhumcd from the
wreck OF thcB Buffalo fire and its contents,
including $500 00 or $40, 600 worth of dia,
monds were found to be in good shape.
Gen. Salctta, successor to Gen. Gene in
command of the Italian forccsa at MaSSowah.
has issued an order cNpclling all journalists
from within the military lines.
The German Physicians Union at Berlin
has issued n paper advising young men
against entering the medical profession, us
the prospects of doctors arc becoming
worse yearly.
On the 212nd ballot, VIM. II. Martin was
unanimously nominated for Congress i'm
the Second Texas district TO succeed Scra-
t~Orclcct Reagan.
DR.. Il. L. Sewers, n prominent physician
OF Washington, says that if the President
docs not Il k more exercise, some day he
Will burst a blood vessel and drop dead.
Harry Hills famous saloon and dance
house in New York was closed by the DO.
nee tuesday night, the first time it has
been closed in 81 years.
a high license bill passed the lower house
of the New York Legislature by n vote of
20 to Dc. The bill fixes the fec for a first.
class license at 81 900.
The Democratic legislative caucus mt
Richmond, Va, spent three hours discus.
sing matters pertaining to the debt qucs-
tlOn. NO action was taken.
James II. Miller, an Augusta gambler,
mas been ilncd $500 for keeping agambling-
table. lie promises to quit the business
and to leave Augusta.
The sale of paintings owned by the late
\. 7. Stewart has commenced in New
York. Prices generally were fair, but
good pieces were sacrificed.
The Connecticut Senate unanimously
passed a resolution providing a site for the
bronze statue of the late Governor Hubbard.
to he placed on the Capitol grounds at
Hartford.